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ArticleJournal of the American Dental Association (1939)2005

Knowledge of oral cancer risk factors and diagnostic concepts among North Carolina dentists. Implications for diagnosis and referral.

Lauren L Patton, John R Elter, Janet H Southerland, Ronald P Strauss

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Article in Journal of the American Dental Association (1939), 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lauren L PattonDepartment of Dental Ecology, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill 27599-7450, USA. lauren_patton@dentistry.unc.edu
John R Elter
Janet H Southerland
Ronald P Strauss
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

North Carolina Needs Assessment for Oral Cancer ControlR21DE014413 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PATTON, LAUREN L · 2001 to 2003
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NIDCR NIH HHS DE 14413
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDentists play a critical role in the early detection of oral and pharyngeal cancer (OPC). The authors administered a survey that assessed the level of knowledge among dentists regarding risk factors and diagnostic concepts.

methodsIn 2002, the authors mailed a 38-item, pretested survey to a random sample of 1,115 licensed dentists practicing in North Carolina. Three-level (low, medium, high) composite index scores for knowledge of risk factors and diagnostic concepts were created using previously developed scales. The authors formulated multivariable models for risk factor and diagnostic knowledge indexes.

resultsOf the 584 respondents, only 181 (31 percent) had consistent medium-to-high levels of knowledge on both highly correlated indexes. Dentists who had higher risk factor and diagnostic knowledge scores were significantly (P < .05) more likely to have heard of one or more diagnostic aids (odds ratio [OR], 2.7), to have graduated from dental school within the previous 20 years (OR, 1.8) and to have performed biopsies or referred five or more patients with suspicious lesions per year (OR, 1.7 and 1.5, respectively) than were less-knowledgeable respondents.

conclusionsMore education is needed in dental schools, postgraduate programs and continuing education programs to enhance dental professionals' knowledge of OPC risk factors and diagnostic concepts. Such programs should include information about adjunctive diagnostic aids. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Greater knowledge of risk factors and diagnostic concepts may result in more frequent patient referrals, biopsy procedures or both, thus aiding in the early diagnosis and treatment of patients with OPC.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAnalysis of VarianceDiagnosis, OralEarly DiagnosisFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMouth NeoplasmsNorth CarolinaOdds RatioReferral and ConsultationRisk FactorsSurveys and Questionnaires

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